Reaction: succinyl-CoA + (R)-2-benzylsuccinate = succinate + (R)-2-benzylsuccinyl-CoA
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Other name(s): benzylsuccinate CoA-transferase
Systematic name: succinyl-CoA:(R)-2-benzylsuccinate CoA-transferase
Comments: Involved in anaerobic catabolism of toluene and is a strictly toluene-induced enzyme that catalyses the reversible regio- and enantio-selective synthesis of (R)-2-benzylsuccinyl-CoA. The enzyme from Thauera aromatica is inactive when (R)-benzylsuccinate is replaced by (S)-benzylsuccinate.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 260966-56-1
References:
1. Leutwein, C. and Heider, J. Succinyl-CoA:(R)-benzylsuccinate CoA-transferase: an enzyme of the anaerobic toluene catabolic pathway in denitrifying bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 183 (2001) 4288-4295. [PMID: 11418570]
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4. Heider, J. A new familiy of CoA-transferases. FEBS Lett. 509 (2001) 345-349. [PMID: 11749953]